Short Summary

MORE THAN 30 CZECH TOURISTS HAVE SOUGHT POLITICAL ASYLUM IN DENMARK AND SWEDEN IN THE LAST FEW DAYS -- MAKING A TOTAL OF MORE THAN 100 CZECHS TO REMAIN IN SCANDINAVIA SINCE CHRISTMAS.

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MORE THAN 30 CZECH TOURISTS HAVE SOUGHT POLITICAL ASYLUM IN DENMARK AND SWEDEN IN THE LAST FEW DAYS -- MAKING A TOTAL OF MORE THAN 100 CZECHS TO REMAIN IN SCANDINAVIA SINCE CHRISTMAS. THEY ALL WENT TO THE SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES ON TOURS AND THEN REFUSED TO RETURN TO THEIR OWN COUNTRY. EARLIER SEVENTY-FOUR DECIDED TO REMAIN IN SWEDEN.

AMONG THOSE WHO HAVE SOUGHT POLITICAL ASYLUM IN COPENHAGEN ARE A YOUNG COUPLE WHO MARRIED JUST BEFORE LEAVINGS ON THEIR HOLIDAY. HE IS A CONSTRUCTIONAL ENGINEER AND SHE IS A DOCTOR OF MEDICINE. THE HOLIDAY IN COPENHAGEN WAS THEIR HONEYMOON. THEY CAME WITH A GROUP OF TOURISTS WHO ARRIVED IN COPENHAGEN ON DECEMBER THE 30TH. SOME 30 HAVE SOUGHT ASYLUM IN DENMARK AND EIGHT IN SWEDEN. THEY TOLD POLICE IN COPENHAGEN THAT GROWING DISSATISFACTION WITH CONDITIONS IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA CAUSED THEM TO SEEK ASYLUM. SEVERAL SAID THEY HAD PLANNED THEIR MOVED BEFORE LEAVING ON THE HOLIDAY. AMONG THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM ARE SEVERAL FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN.

ABOUT 28 MEMBERS OF THE TOURIST PARTY RETURNED TO CZECHOSLOVAKIA BY AIR ON SATURDAY NIGHT (JANUARY 3RD).